Podcast
Gatekeeper Countries
Host: Mark Krikorian
Guests: Christopher Landau, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (2019-2021)
Viktor Marsai, Director, Budapest-based Migration Research Institute and Visiting Fellow, Center for Immigration Studies
Nikolett Pénzváltó, Director of Research, Migration Research Institute
Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 105
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Commentary
In the Age of Illegal Mass Migration, Border Protection Starts Next Door
By Viktor Marsai
National Interest, May 17, 2023
Excerpt: Providing support for transit countries’ own border protection to prevent aliens from entering can be more beneficial for all participants, likely in a cheaper manner than pure—and costly—blackmailing and bargaining.
What Happened When Immigration Fell?
By Steven A. Camarota
National Review, May 16, 2023
Excerpt: The immigration slowdown in the years just before the pandemic illustrates what can happen when government policy reduces immigration…from 2016 to 2019…the economy expanded, and lower paid American workers did well — all without sparking inflation.
Evidence Shows Immigration Reduces Wages Significantly
By Steven A. Camarota
Washington Examiner, May 15, 2023
Excerpt: A number of prominent economists and advocacy groups, many of which previously argued that immigration has little or no wage impact, are now calling for more immigration to reduce wages to lower inflation.
Face to face with cartels smuggling migrants through holes in the wall
By Todd Bensman
New York Post, May 15, 2023
Excerpt: While I was photographing one of the holes up close, two La Linea cartel men armed with AR-15s pulled up in an SUV loaded with immigrants to use it.
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Featured Posts
Federal Judge Blocks Biden’s 11th-Hour Migrant Release Policy
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: The restraining order simply underscores the fact that the White House has little regard for the law when it comes to immigration, and the fecklessness of the president’s border policies.
The Graph Joe Biden Doesn’t Want You to See
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: DHS needs to stop playing what the Florida attorney general has called a “game of whack-a-mole” with migrant releases at the Southwest border, or at least the president can be upfront about it to let voters decide whether resettling tens of thousands of unvetted migrants monthly is a good idea. In the interim, look at the chart Joe Biden doesn’t want you to see and make up your own mind.
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Southwest Border Apprehensions, Encounters, Surge in April
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: CBP has released its statistics on Border Patrol apprehensions and CBP overall encounters at the Southwest border for the month of April and, not surprisingly, both surged last month even while Title 42 expulsions dropped.
Sources: Despite Talk of Tough ‘Consequences’, Biden Is Admitting Illegal Immigrants Just Like Before
By Todd Bensman
Excerpt: The Biden administration appears to be admitting illegal border-crossers into the United States interior under the new strategy it told the American public was a tough deterrent that would dissuade illegal entries.
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Senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies,Todd Bensman, joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss the mounting migrant surge as Title 42 is set to end.
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